Name: Green Onion Pancakes
Yield: Makes 8 pieces or serves 4 as an appetizer
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: Some additional all-purpose flour, for dusting and rolling; 1½ cups (200 g) all-purpose flour; Oil, for frying; 2 tablespoons oil; 3 green onions (scallions), green parts only, trimmed and cut into small rounds, to yield about ⅓ cup; ½ cup (125 ml) water; 1½ teaspoons salt

Preparation info

Makes 8 pieces or serves
4
as an appetizer

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Easy Chinese Recipes

By Bee Yinn Low

Published 2011

About

My first experience with Green Onion Pancakes was when I visited Shanghai for the first time. One morning, I was feeling jetlagged so I headed down to the hotel’s lobby for an early morning breakfast. The breakfast set menu was traditional Chinese fare: freshly made soy bean milk, you tiao (fried cruller), tea leaf egg, and Green Onion Pancake.

As soon as my order arrived, I got a whiff of the green onions. The Green Onion Pancakes were crispy yet doughy in the middle,